APPENDIX 2 119
A tabular co?nparison of the dialects of the people of
Midob, the Birked ajid the Bardbra^
English
one
two three four five six seven eight nine ten a hundred iron hair mountain a stone woman boy green red black white mother father mouth he
thej' meat name what is
your name ? horse winter milk
star water watercourse
C'khor")
head donkey
dog man
cow rain
Midob
pirrki uddi
tasi, or dasi egi techi, or dechi korrchi
ollotti iddi ukuddi timmigi immil
tessi tedi
or
ulli iddi 'utchi tesse kayli uddi adde iya abba
al on ung-a osongye urri na urri negoda
porrnyi itchi itchirri ongyedi
urtchi, or ushi
orr utchi
pewrl
ett, or irr
urti, or urdi,
or u'di tur
arri
Birked
meirti ullu
tizzit keimzi
tishi korshi koldi
ittu ijmoldi timmun mia (Ar.) meirta
sirti tm
kur kuldi ein otonti
?
kayle udia ayle ennon embabon enagul ter
tir kozi einer^ einer^ nenta
kisi kizidi eshi weindi
eigi mantiti
urr kusuldi
meil kortog^
tei
ali
Barabra werum (K), werum (D), wera (FM) awum (K), owun (D), uwo (FM) toskum (K), toskin (D), tusko (FM) kemsum (K), kemsin (D), kemso (FM) dijum (K), dijin (D), dija (FM) gorjum (K), gorjin (D), gorjo (FM) kolladum (K), kolladin (D), kolloda (FM) I'duum (K), iduwin (D), iduwo (FM) iskodum (K), iskodin (D), oskoda (FM) dimnum (K), diminun (D), dim (FM) imil (KDFM)
sarti (KD)
dflti (KD), singirti (FM)
kullu (D) kulu (KD) en (KD), iden (FM) tendi, tod (KD) dessi gel lirum aro (KD) en ambab (KD), abo (FM)
agil (KD), ak (FM) ter (KD), tar (FM)
tir (KD), ter (FM) kusu (KD)
eri (KD)
?
murti (MF), kaj (KD)
kis (KD)
iji (KD), ingissi (FM)
wissi (KD), winji (FM)
essi (KD), aman (FM)
? (N.B. Burckhardt gives "amanga"
as = "river "in Nuba, and "essig" in Kanzi.) ur (KDFM) kaj (FM). (N.B. The Dagu use " katche "
and "kachin^," the Bayko "katchine.") wel, or uel (KD) ogid, or ogij, or id
{N.B. The word for "man" in the Dilling hills resem.bles "kortoge.")
iu (KD), iw (FM). {N.B. Tama "iwit.")
ti. {N.B. Tama "tei'") aru (KD), awu (M), olli (F).
"arr.")
{N.B. Tama
79). K = Kanzi, ^ Taken from Leo Reinisch's Die Nuba-Sprache (Vienna, M=Mahass, D = Dongolowi, F="Fadidsha" {i.e. Sukkot).
- Dagu "murt^," Tama "firrat," Fur "murta," Berti "burto," Zaghawa "hirrt^," Tekali "murda," G6I0 "mroto," Fertft {ap. Reinisch) "murta," Digga (Fertft) "murta,"
Banda (Fertit) "berta," Kara (Fertit) "mutta," Kamamil (S. Sennar) "murta," Galla "farda."